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Gamespot awards WoW a 9.5
firemagic
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A 9.5 from Gamespot is not something that comes around very often, and I completely agree with the reviewer when he says "This is a stunning achievement that will make you feel privileged to be a game player."
Please refrain from mentioning the "also-ran" MMORPG that the mods of this site can't bear to see criticized so that we can discuss this without this thread also getting locked.
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Yeap,i was just about to post this also,lol.9.5 are VERY rare for Gamespot,thats why I love them,they are very dependable.That means WoW beat Halo 2!woot!Anyways,gratz on WoW score,but they said as of now,the PvP is fun,but could be alot better,and will be improved in the future they believe.
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That's right. The PvP system isn't fully implemented yet, so for it to get a 9.5 is just astonishing.
"With all due respect to the other online role-playing games out there, World of Warcraft is in a league of its own."
Not bashing the game or anything, i think its fun and all, but 9.5 is really too high. Gamespot does give kind of sketchy ratings, i mean, they are saying that this is better than Halo 2, Half-Life 2, MGS 3 and quite a few other great titles. I was thinking this was more along the lines of an 8.3 or 8.5.
Even though I do think that WoW deserves about a 9.5... these kind of reviews are, for the most part, a complete joke.
I'd bet whoever did this review never leveled a character above level 15.
In short, I'd trust a player's review of someone who made it to level 60(as bad and biased as the can be) before I'd trust one of these reviews.
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I've read Gamespot for years and found them to be right on the money over 95% of the time. It's very rare that their official rating isn't close to the community rating, and your assumption that the reviewer didn't get past level 15 doesn't seem to be based on anything but guesswork.
And Pi, if you'd actually read my post you'd see I started this thread because the other one got locked. If the mods on this forum started removing posts like yours where people do nothing but insult others instead of locking threads where one game is compared to another, this might become a more professional website.
That thread got locked because it was just going to turn into another "you-know-what" thread.
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It's spelled "possibilities", and the only person who's trying to turn this into another "you-know-what" thread seems to be you. Do you have anything to say on the subject or not?
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a 9.5 eh? very nice.
i always rely on gamespot 4 reviews
with the current state of so many servers i couldnt see the game getting over a 7. lag problems, rollbacks, numerous server outtages... if you have no clue what i'm talking about then head to the wow official forums.
this seems more of a fanboi review rather than a real review. i love the game, but dammit how much is a game worth that's having a hard time with stability? blizzard is also offering a few extended days for the "trial" period to a few of its players. don't know exactly who they are and neither do they say how long the extension will be.
The real review will be a year from now. I remember a few years ago when Quake III won game of the year over a host of other good (better?) games that year, including the original Unreal Tournement. Where is it now? I like WoW myself but the game is not 9.5, 8.5 maybe but that is about it.
Anyway I fully expect WoW to win a slew of other awards, MMORPG game of the year etc etc, however as I stated in the first sentance, the real question is where will it be in a year? Two years? Will the content be added to for long term player retention? It's nice that the game is getting a lot of good press, but I play these games for the long term. PvP is cool but even FPS games need new maps (content) to stay fresh.
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I think Gamespot is always fair, and gives good reviews. They have been playing since early beta, I bet, and have had more experience than "just level 15" like one of you wrote. I think they are right abotu the PvP being fun, but needs improvement. The developers already stated that PvP is incomplete, so that is nothing new. As a matter of fact, hero classes haven't even been implemented yet. World of Warcraft is fun, certainly, but this is just the beginning. I am looking forward to a continued effort by Blizzard, to make the game better; not just put out one expansion after another. Blizzard definately earned that 9.5
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I will give it a 9, a 9.5 is too much, but opinions are opinions, I don't really thing Blizzard has paid nothing to gamespot, which some poster was trying to imply with that "gamespot is always on the money", but yeah the reviewer is a little too much enthusiastic
Er, no... "on the money" means "bang on target" or "spot on". Couldn't you tell from the rest of my post that I agree with Gamespot here?
And I think the reviewer's enthusiasm is entirely appropriate having played to lv20 so far, and I think the majority of people who've played WoW for a decent length of time agree.
A 9.5 is a really high score, especially for an MMO. Although I agree that WoW is a really good game, I have to disagree with Gamespot. There is the case of having too high of score or review. Maybe this review is biased or does not have all the valid arguments to support its claim. The game should be played for a while before a solid review should be made for MMO's.
GS took a few weeks before reviewing FFXI too. Why can't they do that for WoW. They should be more realistic. Also, I wouldn't be surprised if GS was payed by marketers to make that claim maybe to help boost sales. Don't get me wrong, I think WoW is a great game, should get a score in the 8's or high 8's. If they want to make a claim for 9 or more, they better have great reasons and have played for a long while to be able to review the entire game as a whole rather than the starting experience.
User reviews are more helpful IMO. Even though some people have crappy arguments, they are the ones that have acutlaly experience the game and gave their own point of view for the game rather than in the perspective of a single or a pair of reviewers.
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They hit it right on the money. I have been playing both and I agree, WoW is superb.
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It seems that when people disagree with something, they start employing guesswork straight away. Earlier someone guessed that the reviewer hadn't got past lv15, and now you're guessing that Gamespot were paid to rate WoW highly. You say the reviewer is biased and doesn't give valid arguments... Did you read the review? I found it to be very in depth and the reviewer gave no shortage of reasons why WoW is such a great game.
Also, "bias" is a very interesting word. If you gave someone a dirt & grass sandwich and a ham & pickle sandwich, would you call them biased if they picked the ham & pickle? Give someone two computer games, one of which blatantly outshines the other, and in most cases you'll see exactly the same kind of "bias".
I think Gamespot, especially for MMORPG's, is a shite reviewer. I like IGN and GamePlasma. However, GamePlasma would probably love the game too (judging from their previews) since its a casual-designated website. WoW is a fun game, but no way in the world worth a 9.5.
Alot of posters here think that WoW does not deserve a 9,5 score, so I guess you people thinkn that EQ2 does not deserve a 9,1 either then?
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Where was EQ2 rated 9.1? Certainly not on Gamespot where the official review rating is 7.8 and the community rating (the one that really matters) is a dismal 6.9.
The reason it got 9.5 is because they just did an EQ2 review, so they had to give it a score in relation to EQ2.. I guess they decided since we gave EQ2 a 7.8, we have no choice now but to give WoW a 9.5.